Commenting on the Wall Street Journal report claiming that Germany was planning to postpone the closure of nuclear power plants, a spokesperson for the German economy ministry said that the media report was lacking a factual basis.

The German government will make a decision on whether to keep the last nuclear power plants running following the results of ongoing stress tests on electricity stability, the spokesperson further explained, as reported by Reuters.

Market reaction

These comments don't seem to be having a significant impact on the shared currency's performance against its rivals. As of writing, EUR/USD was up 0.1% on the day at 1.0170.